Israel stocks lower at close of trade; TA 35 down 0.68%

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At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 lost 0.68% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Strauss Group (TASE:STRS), which rose 2.22% or 171.00 points to trade at 7,886.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mizrahi Tefahot (TASE:MZTF) added 0.89% or 100.00 points to end at 11,370.00 and Harel (TASE:HARL) was up 0.69% or 21.00 points to 3,060.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE), which fell 2.61% or 2,120.00 points to trade at 79,200.00 at the close. Energean Oil & Gas PLC (TASE:ENOG) declined 2.45% or 146.00 points to end at 5,804.00 and Energix (TASE:ENRG) was down 2.32% or 24.00 points to 1,011.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 295 to 166 and 34 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.31% or 1.87 to $79.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.15% or 1.82 to hit $82.95 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.74% or 14.95 to trade at $2,004.75 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was up 0.17% to 3.65, while EUR/ILS unchanged 0.06% to 4.00.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 101.64.